When I bought my combo a few weeks ago, it cost a maybe 20$ more. It was definitely worth it to me for the combo, because the cabinet specifically for the VJ head is 130$, as much as the head. Plus, the combo has 4,8 and 16 ohm outs in case you want to use it with a cabinet. Oh, and I've got a huge list of mods I'm gonna make to it. I sure hope there's room!

There's plunty of room inside the head to do all the modding. I've done several mods on mine, there's room enough to put extra caps, space on the plate for switches and pots: ou can really do anything to the head that you can do to the combo.

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Plus, the combo has 4,8 and 16 ohm outs in case you want to use it with a cabinet. Oh, and I've got a huge list of mods I'm gonna make to it. I sure hope there's room!

The head has all three outs as well.

edit* oh, I get it, it has the best of both worlds... didn't quite follow the context when I first read that

Is the speaker in the combo really awful enough to justify the extra money for the head and cab? Here in the UK, the Combo is £100 ($200), and the head/cab £200 ($400). Is it honestly so worth it when I could spend that extra £100 modding it and buying an EQ pedal?

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Actually, the speaker in the combo sounds pretty damned good for an 8. The head with a nice cab is gonna be better, of course. But if your budget is small, that combo is cheaper than a head and cab.

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It's a Weber Ceramic Signature 8. Decent sound, but it's a tiny bit boxy and it distorts quite a bit. Probably cause the VJ's so damn loud and toneful. I would prefer a 12", but as a practice amp the 8" combo is very usable.

my bad I must have been sleepy and completely reversed the meaning of your post, Everything I've seen of the inside of the combo suggests that there's plunty of room, there shouldn't be a big difference.

It's a Weber Ceramic Signature 8. Decent sound, but it's a tiny bit boxy and it distorts quite a bit. Probably cause the VJ's so damn loud and toneful. I would prefer a 12", but as a practice amp the 8" combo is very usable.

Somebody told me they're switching to Eminence on the newer combos. Just a rumor, I haven't seen one. In any case, it's cheap, and you can just unplug it, and use the amp like a head, any way. It's not all that much taller than the head only version. Best of both worlds, I think. Grab the little rascal and drag it with you anywhere, or plug it into a 4x12 if you wanna have some real fun.

^ OK it's no longer a rumor. Are there any markings on the back of the speaker like a model number?

I'm gonna guess it's rated for around 30 watts. I doubt the speaker is causing the distortion. If you plug in a nice big cab, it will be louder and sound fuller before it distorts. but with all settings the same, it will still distort. It will just be louder.

There really isn't a way to make this louder other than a more efficient cabinet. You'd just need a bigger amp. Try a Fender Twin. Real clean. REAL loud.

well the new combos already have a lable on the front of them to pimp the eminence speaker that hey have. plus the three speaker jacks on the back. really wonder what the speaker is like though? power rating, efficiency, would be nice to know that stuff.

I have the combo and love having the option of just carting it around and hooking up the built in speaker. I mainly use it as a head through a 412, but it's still handy having a combo speaker sometimes.

I went to my local store and the combo they had there did not have the new Lady Luck speaker, in fact I think it was the oldest version of the combo because I was playing at about 10-11 o'clock and I got some hum, I turned it up and it hummed more, I was playing with single coils, but I decided not to buy that one.

Looks like im gonna have to wait....I dont want to order online yet either incase I get one of the older ones.

Which ones have the hum fixed? I know the stripes on the front of the combo used to be through the middle of the input jack and the volume knob, and then the stripes got moved up, are these ones the newer combo?

I went to my local store and the combo they had there did not have the new Lady Luck speaker, in fact I think it was the oldest version of the combo because I was playing at about 10-11 o'clock and I got some hum, I turned it up and it hummed more, I was playing with single coils, but I decided not to buy that one.

Looks like im gonna have to wait....I dont want to order online yet either incase I get one of the older ones.Which ones have the hum fixed? I know the stripes on the front of the combo used to be through the middle of the input jack and the volume knob, and then the stripes got moved up, are these ones the newer combo?

I don't know all the details to the story. Maybe someone can fill in the gaps.Here's what I do know.